The Cambridge handbook to Byzantine archaeology Volume I edited by Michael J. Decker

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Decker, Michael J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine antiquities.

Byzantine Empire--History--527-1081.

Byzantine Empire.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"The archaeology of Byzantium is the archaeology of an empire whose chronological bounds, broadly speaking, spanned the fourth through fifteenth century AD. The authors whose works are collected in this handbook examine methods and practice of Byzantine archaeology as well as the materials typically encountered in artifacts produced within the imperial boundaries. Byzantine archaeology is still a relatively young discipline, and, while vast in its scope and ambition, work in the field tends to be challenging to access. This volume aims to remedy this situation by providing current views of the nature of Byzantine archaeology, exploring crucial studies which elucidate salient features of the empire's people, as well as offering glimpses of how things may develop in the near future"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Byzantine archaeology : a loss of innocence / Richard Hodges

Survey archaeology as a source of data : principles and practice / Ufuk Serin

Ceramics and Byzantine archaeology / Pamela Armstrong

Papyri and the study of archaeology in Byzantium / Arietta Papaconstantinou

Coins / Julian Baker

Byzantine epigraphy / Frederick Lauritzen

Sigillography and Byzantine archaeology / Olga Karagiorgou

Metalwork / Brigitte Pitarakis

Skeletal materials / Anthousa Papagiannaki

Byzantine glass vessels, seventh to fifteenth century AD / Chris Lightfoot

Sculpture / Simon Davies

Textiles / Petra Linscheid

Constantinople / Albrecht Berger

The Balkans, 600–1200 / James Crow

The Byzantine West to the Pillars of Hercules / Paul Arthur

Anatolia / Philipp Niewöhner

The southern Levant in the Byzantine period, 324–640 : old and new debates in light of archaeological contributions / Itamar Taxel

Crimea and the western Caucasus, seventh to twelfth century / Michel Kazanski

Byzantine ecologies / Adam Izdebski

The archaeology of Byzantine daily life / Marcus Rautman

The bioarchaeology of Byzantine death / Chryssa Bourbou

Art and reality : material culture in Byzantium / Nadine Schibille

Ethnicity and identity in Byzantine archaeology / Kostis Kourelis

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 23, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Cambridge handbook to Byzantine archaeology

ISBN:

9781009848909

1009848909

OCLC:

1594888697

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license